The Lived Experience of Resilience in Parents of Children With Cancer: A Phenomenological Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Resilience is vital in parents of children with cancer as it can promote parental well-being and minimize maladaptation in the face of the children's cancer. Although existing quantitative studies investigated the influence factors of resilience in the parents, it has not been fully explored about the factors contributing to the resilience of parents and how they respond to and cope with their children's cancer.

Objective

To investigate the lived experience of resilience in the parents of children with cancer from a qualitative perspective to complement existing findings in quantitative studies.

Methods

A phenomenological approach was used. Purposive sampling was performed to recruit parents of children with cancer from two tertiary hospitals in mainland Ch

SUBMITTER: Luo Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9189362 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature